Tinworks Art: In Conversation brings together artists, writers, scientists, and creative thinkers from various fields to discuss the topics of our time. Monthly from March through June, Tinworks will convene thought leaders from the region and beyond for a pilot series On Food and Farming. The conversations have been developed in consideration of artist Agnes Denes’ new work, Wheatfield—An Inspiration. The seed has been planted, which will be presented at Tinworks Art for the 2024 exhibition season. Development and speaker invitation for this pilot series has been in collaboration with sustainable food systems, food security, and community leader advisor Mary Stein.

Tinworks Art: In Conversation are ticketed evening events, open to the public, hosted at the Rialto Theater in downtown Bozeman. Tinworks Art is an artist- and community- centered nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the cultural and social fabric of greater Bozeman by supporting inclusive and immersive contemporary art experiences for artists and audiences in non-traditional spaces.

Dr. Mary Murphy is an American historian who has taught courses on the history of gender, the North American West, and the history of food at Montana State University since 1990. She served as co-director and director of the Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the American West and was the Michael P. Malone Professor of History from 2005-2010. In 2013 she was named a Distinguished Professor in the College of Letters and Science. Murphy is the author of Hope in Hard Times: New Deal Photographs of Montana, 1936-1942; Mining Cultures: Men, Women, and Leisure in Butte, 1914-41; and Like a Family, The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World. She has won numerous prizes and fellowships for her research, teaching, and mentoring, and received the Montana Governor’s Humanities Award in 2013. Along with colleagues Molly Kruckenberg, Zoe Ann Stoltz, and Jan Zauha, Murphy is currently writing a culinary history of Montana.

Sarah Calhoun is the owner of Red Ants Pants, the executive director of the Red Ants Pants Foundation, and the producer of Red Ants Pants Music Festival, which was named the Event of the Year by the Montana Office of Tourism. In 2018 she was inducted into the Montana Business Hall of Fame. Calhoun was named the National Women in Business Champion for the SBA in 2012 and Entrepreneur of the Year for the State of Montana in 2011. Dedicated to supporting rural communities and women’s leadership, she has given two TEDx talks, dozens of keynote addresses, and has gained national press such as CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Sunset, Entrepreneur, National Geographic, The New York Times and The Huffington Post.

For questions, or to request sponsored (free) tickets for yourself or your students contact info@tinworksart.org. Committed attendance requests only please.

April 17 - Tinworks Art: In Conversation - Mary Murphy & Sarah Calhoun

This House of Food: Stories from Montana Kitchens